Jitter and phase noise performance verification
Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters (ADC/DAC) have taken giant steps in speed over the past decade. Sampling rates of 10 Gsamples per second at 16-bit resolution are seen. Such devices allow high-speed video processing and even software defined radio (SDR) applications where digitization is being performed at ever-higher RF frequencies. This has clearly raised the bar for clock generation and testing, especially with regard to jitter and noise performance.
